US EditionIn Czech Republic, EU-Skeptic Ex-PM Babis Eyes Comeback in Parliamentary Polls
- Voters in the Czech Republic are likely to remove their current government during the parliamentary elections starting today, with populist Andrej Babis expected to gain more than 30% of the vote according to polls.
- Andrej Babis has promised to raise wages while cutting aid to Ukraine, stating, "We don't have the money here for our people."
- Public sentiment shows a significant portion of Czechs believe the country is giving too much aid to Ukraine, with a poll indicating 49% of Czechs feeling this way, compared to only 6% who think aid is insufficient.
- Andrej Babis leads the ANO party and is anticipated to gain over 30% of the vote, significantly ahead of the Spolu coalition, which may retain a majority if smaller parties underperform.
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In the polls on the eve of the elections on Friday and Saturday, former Prime Minister Andrej Babis promises to question the aid given to Kiev by the outgoing government. Defining himself as "trumpist", he seduces an elderly electorate, dependent on social aid and nostalgic communism.
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Felix VictorinoOver the past year, a Czech programme that collects ammunition around the world has been an important source of supply for the Ukrainian armed forces, which urgently need to nurture their artillery on the front line. Elections in the country on Friday and Saturday could put an end to this collaboration and many others if, as the polls progress, Andrej Babis’s ANO party comes to power, which not only wishes to cut the Ukrainian army with all help…
Czechs vote as frontrunner Babis promises lavish spending, less Ukraine support
PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czechs are likely to oust their centre-right government in an election on Friday and Saturday, with polls favouring populist billionaire Andrej Babis to return to power on pledges to raise wages and lift growth while reducing aid for Ukraine. Read full story
Eurosceptic Babiš on Track for Election Comeback in Czech Republic
The Czech Republic heads to the polls on October 3–4 with billionaire former prime minister Andrej Babiš poised for a return to power, as his sovereignist-Eurosceptic ANO movement commands a double-digit lead over the governing coalition of Petr Fiala. Opinion polls place ANO at 31% support, comfortably ahead of Fiala’s Europhile centre-right Spolu coalition with 21%. The right-wing, anti-immigration Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) is in thir…
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